Helping Him

Instantly, she knew they probably shouldn't have landed there since they were now in the corner of the Oval Office. There was a man standing and looking out a large window while the other sat in front of the desk, though both had their backs to the Time Lords.

"Hello? Who is this?" it seemed like they were listening to a recording. "This is President Nixon. Who's calling? Is this you again?"

"Mr. President?" it was very clearly a child on the recording. The Time Lords glanced at each other before moving slowly closer.

"A child," the man in the seat said.

"This is the President, yes."

"I'm scared, Mr. President. I'm scared of the spaceman."

"A little girl?"

"Boy," the man at the window corrected.

"How can you be sure?"

"What spaceman?" the recording continued. "Where are you phoning from? Where are you right now? Who are you?"

The Doctor pulled out a notebook, which was something that had Adelaide raising her eyebrows at, and began to take notes. "Jefferson Adams Hamilton," the voice said.

"Jefferson, listen to me-" but then the recording cut off, the child obviously hanging up.

"Surely this is something the Bureau could handle, sir."

"These calls happen wherever I am," the man at the window, President Nixon, said. "How do I know the Bureau isn't involved? I can't trust anyone…" he turned around and almost immediately spotted the two Time Lords in the middle of his office. The man who was sitting, after realizing something was wrong, stood as well.

"Hello," Adelaide said brightly, nudging the Doctor quite hard in order to make him realize something was wrong. "We're terribly sorry for interrupting."

The Doctor nodded. "We were looking for the...er…oblong room." He began to back up, taking Adelaide's hand to pull her back with him, though he did manage to walk directly into a lamp, which Adelaide was thankfully able to catch before it hit the floor. "We'll just be off, then, shall we?" he turned and would have walked directly into the invisible TARDIS, had Adelaide not used his hand to pull him back.

She also stepped to the side as Canton rushed forward - ready to grab one of them - and let the man just grab the Doctor and wrestle him to the floor. "Ah, no!" the Doctor shouted. "Stop that!"

The doors burst open and a group of armed men ran in, their guns drawn on the Time Lords. "Lockdown! Lockdown!" A guard grabbed Adelaide, pulling her away from the Doctor, but more had to run to the Doctor since he was fighting far more than she was.

"River!" Adelaide called to the TARDIS. "Scanner?" the human had proven herself to be very capable at piloting the TARDIS and since she was fairly certain the scanner did actually work even while cloaked, if there was anyone who would know how to do it was River.

"Get the President out of here!" One of the men ordered. "Sir, you have to go with them, now."

"Uncloak it!"

The TARDIS shimmered into view again, stunning all the guards enough that both Time Lords were able to step out of their grips.

"What the hell is that?"

The guards looked around and then spun to find the Doctor sitting in the President's desk while Adelaide sat on the desk in front of him. "Mr. President," the Doctor said, in his best American accent, and shut the binder he'd found. All of the guards had their guns pointed at them, but the Time Lords didn't seem that bothered. "That child just told you everything you need to know, but you weren't listening. Never mind, though, because the answer's yes. We'll take the case."

Adelaide raised her eyebrows. "Guns, really? We just walked into the highest security office in the United States and parked a large blue box on the rug. What makes you think you'd just be able to shoot us? Logic, please."

River stepped out of the TARDIS. "They're Americans!"

The Time Lords jumped up as the guards spun to aim at the humans. "Don't shoot! Definitely no shooting!"

"Nobody shoot us either," Rory said as he and Amy stepped out of the TARDIS, their hands up. "Very much not in need of getting shot. Look, we've got our hands up."

"Who the hell are you?" Nixon asked all of them, looking between the two groups.

"Sir," Canton said, "you need to stay back."

"But who are they and what is that box?"

"It's a police box. Can't you read?" Adelaide looked back at the Doctor. "Apologies for that. But we're your new undercover agents on loan from Scotland Yard. Code name: the Doctor. And this is my partner, code name: Manner's Lady." Adelaide rolled her eyes at that. "These are our top operatives; the Legs, the Nose, and Mrs. Robinson."

River sighed. "I hate you."

"No, you don't."

"Who are you?" Nixon asked again.

"Nah, boring question. Who's phoning you?" the Doctor ignored his question. "Because Canton III is right. That was definitely a girl's voice, which means there's only one place in America she can be phoning from."

"Where?" Canton asked, obviously growing more amused.

"Do not engage with the intruder, Mr. Delaware."

"You heard everything we heard," Adelaide said. "It's quite simple if you'll allow us five minutes to explain. However, if you dare harm one of us or our friends, you will never receive the answer."

Canton glanced back at the TARDIS. "How did you get it in here? I mean, you didn't carry it in."

The Doctor smirked. "Clever, eh?"

"Love it."

"Do not compliment the intruder."

"Five minutes?"

Adelaide nodded. "Five."

"Mr. President, these people are a clear and present danger to-"

"Mr. President," Canton interrupted, "these people walked in here with a big blue box and three of their friends, and that's" he pointed at the guard "the man they walked past. One of them's worth listening to. I say we give them five minutes. See if they deliver."

"Thank you, Canton."

"If they don't, I'll shoot them myself."

Adelaide just shrugged, speaking before the Doctor could. "Fair enough."

"Sir, I cannot recommend…"

"Shut up, Peterson!" Nixon ordered. "All right, five minutes." After a moment, all of the guards lowered their guns, thankfully.

The Doctor walked back over to the desk. "We're going to need a SWAT team, ready to mobilize. Street level maps covering all of Florida. A pot of coffee, twelve Jammie Dodgers and a fez."

Canton just smiled at him. "Get him his maps."

|C-S|

They had properly filled the room with maps, which was something that Adelaide had been quite irritated about. It had taken the Doctor pulling her to the side for a few moments to get her to calm down enough to actually help them, and still, she felt quite itchy about the mess. Adelaide may have hated to clean, but she hated making a mess in the first place.

Now, she sat in the corner of the room, studying a map, while the other three companions were scattered around at various places and the Doctor stood in the middle, holding up a map. The President sat at his desk with Canton close to him, and two guards at the door.

"Why Florida?" Canton asked the Doctor as the Time Lord walked past him.

"There's where NASA is," he explained. "She mentioned a spaceman. NASA's where the spacemen live. Also, there's another lead we're following," he gestured at Adelaide in the corner.

They all looked for a moment longer before Amy looked up suddenly. "I remember."

Everyone looked to her, though Rory was closest. "Amy? What do you remember?"

But Amy just shook her head. "I don't know. I just…"

"Amy, what's wrong?"

"Amy?"

"Everything okay?"

Even the Doctor actually noticed something was wrong. "Are you all right?"

Amy nodded. "Yeah. No, I'm fine. I'm just feeling a little sick." She stood and walked over to one of the guards by the door. "Excuse me, is there a toilet or something?"

"Sorry, ma'am, while this procedure's ongoing, you must remain within the Oval office."

Canton sighed. "Shut up and take her to the restroom."

The second guard nodded. "This way, ma'am."

Amy smiled. "Thanks."

As she left, Canton walked up to Adelaide and the Doctor, since the Time Lord had walked over to stand by her. "Your five minutes are up."

"Yeah, and where's my fez?" he leaned over and showed Adelaide the map he'd found.

Then the phone rang and everyone in the room turned to look. "The kid?" Canton asked them.

"Should I answer it?" Nixon asked the Time Lords, who had returned to looking at the map.

"Here!" the Doctor said, straightening and pointing at a spot on the map. "The only place in the United States that call could be coming from." Canton leaned over to look as the Doctor wrapped his arm around Adelaide. "See? Obvious, when you think about it."

Canton laughed. "You, sir, are a genius."

The Doctor shrugged. "It's a hobby. Adelaide's better though."

"Mr. President, answer the phone."

Nixon looked uneasy for a moment, but then he picked up the phone while pressing record. "Hello. This is President Nixon."

"It's here!" the girl cried, sounding terrified. "The spaceman's here! It's going to get me! It's going to eat me!"

"There's no time for a SWAT team," the Doctor said as Adelaide rushed towards the TARDIS, grabbing his jacket for him and tossing it back. "Let's go!"

"Mr. President, tell her that help is on the way," Adelaide told Nixon.

"Canton," the Doctor pointed at the man, "on no account follow us into this box and close the door behind you."

"What the hell are you doing?" Canton shouted as the Time Lords - and humans - disappeared inside. He rushed over and shut the door behind him, only to freeze at the sight of the inside of the TARDIS. The Time Lords and River were running around the console piloting while Amy and Rory stood to the side and tried to stay out of the way.

"Jefferson isn't a girl's name," the Doctor explained. "It's not her name either."

"Jefferson, Adams, Hamilton," Adelaide listed. "River?"

"Surnames of three of America's founding fathers."

The Doctor nodded. "Lovely fellows. Two of them fancied me." Then he paused for a second, glancing at Adelaide, because they'd met those three founding fathers in his past regeneration when she'd still been human.

But Adelaide either hadn't noticed what he'd said or just wasn't showing any reaction, and he was fairly certain it was the second one.

"The President asked the child two questions," she continued, drawing the Doctor back into the current situation. "'Where are you' and 'who are you?' She was just answering where." Rory walked over to Canton, as the man had yet to actually move.

"Now, where would you find three big, historical names in a row like that?"

"Where?" Amy asked.

"Here." The Doctor pulled the final lever before grabbing Adelaide's hand and pulling her towards the door of the TARDIS. "Come on!"

However, Canton stopped them, still looking shocked. "It's…er…"

The Doctor glanced at Rory. "Are you taking care of this?" Without waiting for an answer, the Doctor pushed past Rory, which made Adelaide sigh.

"Why is it always my turn?" Rory called after them, but the Time Lords had already left the TARDIS and were in the process of studying the space around them.

They had landed in a cluttered warehouse, which Adelaide was actually alright with; so long as she or someone associated with her - right now, mainly the Doctor - wasn't the one creating the mess, she wasn't bothered as there was no reason she had to be responsible for cleaning it. Especially because the building appeared to be abandoned, so there was no one around who would be that bothered about a mess.

She still would have preferred it to be neat, but it wasn't as stressful of a situation.

"Where are we?" Amy asked as she stepped out.

"About five miles from Cape Kennedy Space Centre. It's 1969, the year of the moon." Amy and River pulled out torches. "Interesting, don't you think?"

"But why would a little girl be here?"

The Doctor shrugged. "I don't know. Lost me a bit. The President asked the girl where she was, and she did what any lost little girl would do. She looked out of the window." He pulled aside the curtain to let them look out the window, seeing the three intersecting street signs.

"Streets," Amy nodded. "Of course, street names."

"The only place in Florida, probably all of America, with those three street names on the same junction." The Doctor spun to look at Adelaide, who was standing a bit to the side. "And Adelaide, you've got that face on again."

She raised her eyebrows. "What face?"

"The 'he's hot when he's clever' face."

"I happen to think it's the 'the idiot's finally done something somewhat clever' face."

He came up beside her and wrapped an arm around her, which seemed to have become his favorite position - the previous regeneration liked taking the hand of the people he loved, and this one liked to hold them tight. "That too."

"You're the one with the 'she's hot when she's clever' face."

He kissed her cheek. "Which is my normal face because you're always clever."

"Stop flirting!" River called.

Canton and Rory stepped out of the TARDIS and Canton possible looked more shocked about having moved then the TARDIS being bigger on the inside. "We've moved. How…how can we have moved?"

The Doctor frowned at Rory. "You haven't even got to space travel yet?"

Rory shrugged. "I was going to cover it with time travel."

Canton's eyes widened. "Time travel?"

"Brave heart, Canton." The Doctor spun Adelaide, switching to holding her hand, as they continued through the warehouse. "Come on."

In the other room, River was looking through some of the broken things thrown about. "It's a warehouse of some kind. Disused."

"You realize this is almost certainly a trap, of course?" Adelaide asked her.

River nodded. "I noticed the phone, yes." There had been a phone by the window, but the line had been cut.

"What about it?"

"It was cut off," the Doctor explained. "So, how did the child phone from here."

"Okay, but why would anyone want to trap us?"

He shrugged. "Let's see if anyone tries to kill us and work backwards." The Time Lords stepped apart from each other and pulled out their sonics, scanning various things.

"Now, why would a little girl be here?"

"I don't know," the Doctor said. "Let's find her and ask her."

Adelaide stopped at a large lab table, studying the various bits of technology scattered about. River stepped up next to her as well, scanning it. "It's nonterrestrial. Definitely alien. Probably not even from this time zone."

"Which is odd, because look at this!" they turned to see the Doctor rummaging through a large crate that had a spacesuit sticking out of it.

"It's Earth tech," River said, walking over. "It's contemporary."

"It's very contemporary. Cutting edge. This is from the space program."

"Stolen?"

Amy scoffed. "What, by aliens?"

Adelaide shrugged. "Apparently."

"But why? I mean, if you can make it all the way to Earth, why steal technology that can barely make it to the moon?"

"Maybe because it's cooler," the Doctor said, putting on the helmet. "Look how cool this stuff is!"

Amy raised her eyebrows. "Cool aliens?"

"Well, what would you call us?" he gestured at Adelaide.

"Aliens."

"Oi!"

"I, er, I think he's okay now," Rory said, him and Canton stepping up.

"How are you doing, Canton?" Adelaide asked, stepping over to him.

"I like your wheels."

Adelaide grinned. "Isn't it wonderful?"

"Come on, little girl, let's find her." The Doctor glanced to the side, seeing Amy and River standing together and whispering. He made a move like he was going to walk over to them, but Adelaide grabbed his arm before he could get very far. "Please?" he whispered to her.

"Eavesdropping isn't polite." She pulled him away. "Come on."

"Look at this!" River called, having stepped a bit away from Amy to look down into a manhole cover.

The Doctor pulled Adelaide over. "Where does that go?" he asked River.

River scanned it quickly. "There's a network of tunnels running under here."

"Life signs?" Adelaide asked.

"No, nothing that's showing up."

"Those are the worst kind." River began to lower herself into the manhole. "Be careful."

"Careful?" River scoffed. "I tried that once. Ever so dull."

Adelaide smiled. "Shout if you encounter trouble."

"Don't worry, I'm quite the screamer." River laughed. "Now, there's a spoiler for you."

Canton stepped closer as the Time Lords turned. "Tell me what's going on here."

The Doctor's eyes widened. "Er, nothing. She's just a friend, only a friend…"

"He's talking about the possible alien incursion," Adelaide said, taking the Doctor's hand. "Not River."

He nodded. "Okay."

River popped back up, looking quite tired for a few seconds before becoming calm again. "All clear. Just tunnels. Nothing down there I can see. Give me five minutes. I want to take another look around."

"Stupidly dangerous!" the Doctor called, the Time Lords having walked a bit away.

"Yeah, I like it too," River said, glancing at Amy. "Amy, look after them." She descended back into the manhole.

"Rory?" Adelaide said. "Would you mind going down with her?"

"Yeah, a bit."

She smiled at him. "Then we'd appreciate it all the more."

Rory sighed, but he walked over to the manhole anyways. "Hang on River, I'm coming too!"

|C-S|

Rory jumped off the ladder to find River hunched over, looking sick. "Are you okay?"

"Yes, yes, I just felt a bit sick," River straightened. "It's the prison food, probably." She pulled out her scanner. "Okay, this way? What do you think?" She just kept walking, letting Rory follow her.

After a few moments, Rory looked around the tunnel. "I keep thinking I hear things."

"That's interesting," River said, frowning as she looked at her scanner. "These tunnels are old. Really old. How can they be really old and nobody noticed them?" she stopped at a metal door.

Rory frowned at it. "It's a maintenance hatch."

River scanned it before squatting in front of it. "It's locked. Oh, why do people always lock things?"

"What's through there?"

She shrugged, pulling out a lock picking kit. "I've no idea."

"Something bad?"

"Almost definitely."

"You're going to open it, aren't you?"

"Well, it's locked. How's a girl supposed to resist?"

"Is this sensible?"

"God, I hope not."

Rory shook his head. "How you and Adelaide get along is beyond me."

"Trust me, I wonder the same thing sometimes."

"But you and the Doctor, I can kind of picture it."

River sighed. "Keep a look out."

"What did you mean?" Rory continued. "What you said to Amy. There's a worse day coming for you."

"When I first met the Time Lords, a long, long time ago, they knew all about me. Think about that. An impressionable young girl and suddenly this man and woman just drop out of the sky and he's brave and mad and she's clever and wonderful, and they both know every last thing about her. Imagine what that does to a girl."

Rory nodded. "I don't really have to." Amy had developed feelings for the Doctor over their travels, but after they'd brought Rory along and the Doctor had started fawning over Adelaide far more obviously, Amy had let her feelings fade away.

"The trouble is, it's all back to front. My past is their future. We're travelling in opposite directions. Every time we meet, I know them more, they know me less. I live for the days when I see them, but I know that every time I do, they'll be one step further away. And the day is coming when I'll look into that man's eyes, my Doctor, and he won't have the faintest idea who I am. And she's going to look at me and my Adelaide is..." There was a clicking sound as she undid the lock. "I think it's going to kill me."

|C-S|

Amy and Canton stood to the side, looking at some wires, while the Time Lords worked together on the other side of the room around a table. "So, you were kicked out of the FBI because you had attitude problems?" Amy asked him.

"No, I just wanted to get married."

Amy raised her eyebrows. "Is that a crime?"

"Yes." He nodded over towards where the Time Lords were. "Doctor who, exactly?"

"That's classified."

"Classified by who?"

"Adelaide."

Canton chuckled. "Do you work for them?"

Amy shrugged. "They're my friends, if 'friends' is the right word, especially for Adelaide - she doesn't have 'friends'. I haven't seen either of them in a while. I had something I wanted to tell them, but stuff always gets in the way."

He nodded. "Stuff does that."

"Help me!" a young girl shouted suddenly, making everyone turn in the direction of the voice. "Help! Help me!"

"That's her!" Canton said, drawing his gun and running after it.

Amy moved to follow him but doubled over, gripping her stomach. The Time Lords, running past her, stopped for a second. "Amy?"

"Help me! Please!" the girl shouted.

"What's wrong?"

Amy grabbed the Doctor's hand because his was closer. "I need to tell you something. It's important."

"Doctor!" Canton called from the other room.

"It's really, really important."

"Adelaide, quickly!"

The Doctor sighed, turning. "What, now?" he ran off Canton's voice, but Adelaide stayed for a moment to ensure Amy was still alright before they rushed after him.

Canton was lying on the ground and the Doctor was sonicing him. "Canton! Canton, are you okay?"

"Is he alright?" Adelaide asked, too far away to scan herself.

"Just unconscious. Got a proper whack."

Amy nodded. "Doctor, Adelaide, I need to tell you something. I have to tell you it now."

"Not a great moment."

"Doctor!" Adelaide scolded.

Amy grabbed Adelaide's hand. "No, it's important. It has to be now."

"Help! Help me!" the girl shouted. "Help me!"

"I'm pregnant."

Both Time Lords' mouths fell open as they stared at their companion. But they didn't get long, because there was the sound of large boots and, when they looked over, they saw a spacesuit walk over. The Doctor stepped a bit closer, Adelaide remaining in between the spacesuit and Amy.

"That's it…the astronaut…"

The spacesuit raised the visor. It was the little girl. "Help me!" the girl said, desperate, as she raised a hand.

"Get down!"

The Time Lords spun to see Amy holding out Canton's gun, aiming it at the spacesuit. "What are you doing?"

Amy looked at Adelaide. "Saving your life!" She fired.

A/N: Really just a bit more fun playful flirting between the Doctor and Adelaide. This is one of their cutest stages, where they're cuddly and kissy and flirty, but it doesn't stay for long, sadly...

Notes on reviews:

zoey-the-catgirl: I'm glad you're looking forward to it! Adelaide's relationship with Gallifrey will be tricky when we get to it. Look forward to the 50th chapters for that ;)

AGBreads: I'm glad you liked it. I'm very excited for what's to come in this season ;)